A "Short-lived" Insect Cause Damage to Agriculture andForestry Production

    2022-05-08 03:32:09 by SICC

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    Cerambycidae, also known as thelonghorn beetle, is a large family of beetles with more than 20,000 species. It has hard shell, a pair of serrated teeth, and long tentacles. It is a "short-lived" insect, with the first instar larvae surviving 7-8 months in the pupal chamber and only 2 months after becoming adults. However, in its short life span, the longhorn beetle can cause significant damage to agriculture and forestry production.

    They can use chewing mouthparts to gnaw into grooves in tree trunks and then lay their eggs in the grooves and feed on the bark, causing damage to a variety of trees, food crops and buildings. The longhorn beetlesfly around and help spread the pine wood nematodes attached to them, causing damage to forest wood.

    The Acanthoptura Spinipennis is a rare beetle inCerambycidae Family.Its appearancefeatures include black body, yellowish-brown sheath wings with black spots, black parts with gray fine short hairs and yellowish-brown parts with yellow fine short hairs.